LeT pays tributes to Abu Qasim, “Qasim would target like an arrow”

Lashkar-e-Toiba chief Mahmood Shah has paid glowing tributes to the slain divisional commander Abu Qasim who was killed in a brief encounter with security forces in Kulgam on Thursday night. In an emailed statement to KNS, LeT spokesman Dr Abdullah Ghazanavi quoted his chief as saying that the militant commander Abu Qasim would always strike his target “like an arrow.” “Abu Qasim was meticulous planner, and he would hit his target like an arrow that never misses its target. LeT has a full strength of militants like Qasim,” the spokesman quoted his chief as saying. “The happiness of killing Qasim will not long on security forces…and Let is not sacred of sacrifices. We will fight till the freedom of Kashmir,” he said. While thanking the people who took part in the funeral procession of Qasim in Kulgam disitrict, where the slain militant was laid to rest, the spokesman said that it is regrettable that some people do not respect the sacrifices of the people. “Some people in lieu of money become traitors for the freedom struggle of Kashmir. So, people have to decide on their own that how they will deal with them,” he said. He said that people of Kashmir should act like those of Afghanistan, who have defeated mightiest armies of the world because of their will and dedication. “I appeal people of Kashmir that they behave like those of Afghanistan…Only then can Kashmir achieve its goal of freedom from Indian occupation,” he said